End of The Road ... Waterman Harmonie And ICI et La

Waterman Harmonie and ICI et La were another two range of products that were discontinued.

Waterman web site stated Harmonie as discontinued model, and ICI et La had been removed.

Harmonie Pen details:

Nib: 23k gold electroplated or chromed trims and 23k gold electroplated or silver nibs
Nib size: F, M, B
Body Finishing: Lacquer with silver or gold plated trim
Materials: Brass
Available Colours:
(a) Black/Gold trim,
(b) Black/Silver trim,
(c) Blue Mosaic/Silver trim
(d) Red Mosaic/Gold trim

End of The Road ... Waterman Audace

Waterman continue to discontinue more products range.

Today, we are talking about the Waterman Audace series. Waterman worked with reowned fashion designer like Gaspard Yurkievich and Talbot Runholf duo for this range of ultra feminine and colourful pens.

Talbot Runholf is will known for for their glamour design through simplicity. Most of their design uses a single piece of fabric to create a structured, draped silhouette that delicately balances the colour, cut, style, look and fabric by following a very strict yet simple geomatric formula.

Gaspard Yurkievich is a Paris-based designer reowned for his glamour, and part funky street wear. He is also well known for his daring catwalk shows.

Ladies, if you have yet to get yourself utlra feminine curvaceous accessories, it is about time you hit the stores during the Great Singapore Sales.

End of The Road ... Waterman Charleston

Waterman has created the Charleston line to reconcile contemporary taste with the past years of anti-establishment art. The nostalgic design of the Waterman Charleston Series pen has a fluted barrel with decorative central band, a large threaded cap and a flowing, wrap-around clip, and come complete with a 18k nib.

Waterman is working to renew it products range. Recently, they announced that it will discontinued it Charleston series of products.

Waterman products on sales at our MarketPlace.

End of the Road ... Waterman Serenite

Waterman Serenite is a pen that need no introduction. With it unique arc shape, it has redefine purity and luxury.

Curved like a bow or a quill to naturally marrying itself to the hand for effortless writing, and align it aims of giving one a graceful gesture and beautiful handwriting.

Sadly, this beautiful pen had come to it end of life. Waterman had announced that it will discontinue this model.

Upgrade Pilot/Namiki Bamboo

What one can do when you run out of idea, and you need to increase the sales revenue?

In Singapore, a lot of government subsidied housing owner look forward to the enbloc upgrade of thier building becuase they feel that the value of their appartment will appreciate. From my view, the government is very clever in running this programme.

Firstly, with this programme, they are able to get the owner to take out cash from their pocket (S$10,000 to S$20,000). Secondly, they have good reason to move the "money" around, which directly boost the contruction industry, and their own revenue.

Pilot/Namiki follow a familiar direction with thier Bamboo range of pens. Pilot/Namiki give the pen minimum changes, and label the new pen under Namiki, which is position as a preimum brand as compare to Pilot. By marketing the new pen under Namiki, it give consumer more reason to spend. Of course, the price will have to go up, because it is Namiki, and not Pilot.

The only different that we manage to spot is the 18K nib as compare to the Pilot 14K nib.

Will you buy more for the same pen under different brand?

Rumours, Rumours ... Omas Arte Italiana Olive Tree Wood Pen

Not too long ago, we blogged about the OMAS Arte Italiana Olive wood pen.

Recently, we heard rumours that Omas is planning to stop the production of this well crafted olive tree wood pen.

End of the Road ... Namiki First Chinkin Series

After one year of speculating on the rumour that Namiki will discontinue the production of their first Chinkin series, Namiki finally official announced it last week that they will stop the production with immediate effect. My understanding from the local AD was Namiki will not be able to fulfull all the current back orders.

If you still have not completed your collection, we recommend you visit your nearest agent to book your pieces now before it is too late.

End of the road ... Sailor Ink

Grey is our first Sailor ink outside the regular black and blue ink. After 2 successful launched their new range of colours (4 colurs each launch), Sailor decided to end their prvious range of colour inks shown in the picture below. :-(

End of the Road ... Namiki Yukari Series Yozakuara Raden [螺細 桜花]

Yozakura Raden of the Namiki Yukari series is the first pen of the three to reach the end of road. It is the most beautiful pen of among the three. If you have the opportunity to view more than one pieces of the these pens togather, you might got this feeling that the bright and colorful cherry blossom seems to be smiling at you, giving you that happy and comfort feeling, where as some of the darker raden might give you a gloomy feeling. Don't believe us. You can always check it out at Aesthetic Bay or Fook Hing yourself. If you found one that smile at you, do consider to bring it home for luck. And don't forget to give us your feedback after you checked them out.

End of the Road ... Namiki Carp on Waterfall 「鯉の瀧登り」

Next in line after Namiki model Early Autumn to reach the end of live is Carp on Waterfall. Namiki announced it will stop releasing the pen. The pen is currently still available locally and a few oversea shops. With the official announcement, we foresee speculator will be rushing to buy up the available stock and dry up the market soon.


Among the 5 emporer size pens, this is the pen that used the most gold dust. The layout and form is nice and uniform. The necessary details of the carp is good as compare to the Sailor newly released pen. Unlike the other pens, the clip of the pen is also cover with maki-e gold dust, and not gold plated. The artisan 村田 百川 has done a excellent job is bringing out the liveliness of the carp. The art expressed the liveliness and the dynamics of the Murata river carp climbing the Taki.

The price is also right if you compare it against the Namiki CatFish, which is a Yukari Royal. Hence, no other pen give you more value than this Namiki Carp on Waterfall.

End of the Road ... Namiki Early Autumn 「初秋」

After months of speculation, it is now official. Namiki has finally pull the plug last month (June 2009). It will not be creating the widely loved Early Autumn pen. Currently, the demand for this pen is already high, and with Namiki pull the plug officially, it deminished the collector's hope of owning one. We except the demand for this pen will be go up, hence, driving up it value.

This pen was painted by Hisashi Yoshida [吉田久斎], who is the natural treasure of Japan. He painted pumpkin, mantis, and homoeogryllus japonicus's designs are very beautiful. The balance of color of the lacqering made are excellent.

End of the Road ... Namiki Nippon Art Ukiyo-e [浮世絵]

The Namiki Nippon Art Ukiyo-e series, which consist of 4 pens, has finally reached the end of their road. Last month, we were informed that Namiki has decided to stop manufacturing them. These beautiful maki-e pens are not signed by the aritsan. It is likely to be still available for the next 12 months before the market dry up.